SOLUTION: find an equation in Standard Form of the line with x - intercept 5 and y

SOLUTION: find an equation in Standard Form of the line with x - intercept 5 and y - intercept 3.

Question 778129: find an equation in Standard Form of the line with x - intercept 5 and y - intercept 3.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Because this line has an x-intercept of 5 and a y intercept of -4, you know two points of the line: (5,0) and (0,3).
Using these two points, you can find slope:

Now that you know slope and the y-intercept, plug them into the equation of a line:

Change it to standard form:

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